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Minorities in cartoons: Samurai
Continuing from last week’s Super Friends theme, this week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Samurai, another Super Friend. Background Samurai is a Japanese hero who was created in the late 70s, in a...
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Minorities in cartoons: “Turbo”
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “Turbo,” a DreamWorks movie released in 2013. Background The film’s plot is about a snail named Turbo (voiced by Ryan Reynolds in the movie and Reid Scott in...
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Minorities in cartoons: “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan”
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is the 1972 Hanna-Barbera series “The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan.” Background The series was loosely based on the Charlie Chan movie series and books. The...
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Minorities in cartoons: Alysia Yeoh
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Alysia Yeoh, a supporting character to Barbara Gordon (Batgirl). Alysia first appeared in “Batgirl” (vol. 4) #1 in November 2011. Alysia was created by...
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Minorities in cartoons: Disney’s “Mulan”
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “Mulan,” a 1998 Disney animated feature. Background “Mulan” is based on an ancient Chinese ballad. The film’s story: when China is being invaded by Huns, the...
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Minorities in cartoons: Sunburst
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Sunburst, a Japanese superhero… or rather, two Japanese superheroes. Takeo Sato The original Sunburst first appeared in “The New Adventures of Superboy” #45...
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Minorities in cartoons: “Samurai Jack”
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “Samurai Jack,” an animated series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004. “Samurai Jack” was created by Gennedy Tartakovsky, the creator of...
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Minorities in cartoons: “The Deep”
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “The Deep,” a CGI animated series. The series is based on a comic (of the same name) by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer. Background “The Deep” follows the...
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Minorities in cartoons: Karma
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Karma (real name: Xi’an Coy Manh), a Marvel superheroine. Karma first appeared in “Marvel Team-Up” #100 (December 1980). She was created by Chris Claremont...
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Minorities in cartoons: Lady Shiva
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Lady Shiva (real name: Sandra Wu-San/Sandra Woosan), a DC Comics supervillain. Shiva first appeared in “Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter” #5 (December 1975)....
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